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I VEHICLE WHEEL HUB. No. 404,838. Patented June 11, 1889.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFF CE.

W'ILLIAM LE B. HAIVES, OF CINCINNATI, OHIO, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO THESTANDARD WVAGON COMPANY, OF SAME PLACE.

VEHICLE-WHEEL HUB.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 404,838, dated June 11,1889.

Application filed February 18, 1889.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, \VILLIAM LE B. IIAWEs, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at Oin-' cinnati, in the county of Hamilton and Stateof Ohio, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement inVehicle-WVheel Hubs, of which the following is a full, clear, and exactdescription, reference being had to the accompanying drawings.

My invention relates to an improvement in vehiclevheel hubs; and itconsists primarily in incasing the Wooden hub in a metallic shell, saidshell being made in two or more parts locked to the wooden hub by meanshereinafter described, and provided with a bead or beads so located asto hide the joint between the parts of the shell and give to the hubthus incased the appearance of a plain wood hub.

In the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification, Figure1 represents a side elevation of the point-shell in position to beapplied to the hub. Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the butt-shell inplace, embracing the hub. Fig. 3 is a cross-section of the pointshell.Fig. 4 is a longitudinal section of the hub completed with the shell inplace. Fig. 5 is a cross-section of amodified form of bead and joint.

Like letters of reference indicate identical parts in all the figures.

A represents the wooden hub turned down to a size and shape tocorrespond with themternal construction of the shell. B is what may betermed the point-shell, and (J the butt-shell. The hub being inserted inthe butt-shell G, as shown in Fig. 2, the hub is mortised, as at F, toreceive the spokes. This may of course be done either before or afterthe application of the shells. I prefer to-mortise it after thebutt-shell is put into position. The spokes when driven lock thebutt-shell in place and prevent its coming off. The inner edge of thebutt-shell is made to embrace the inner edge of the point-shell, asshown at O. This point-shell is provided with an annular rim 1),slightly smaller than the outer part of the shell, so as to pass withinthe edge 0 of the butt-shell O. The edge of this rim 1) is provided withteeth G, integral with it. The points or edges of these teeth arebeveled on the outside, as shown in the Serial No. 300,341. (No model.)

drawings. This point-shell B is forced onto the hub by pressure, and theteeth catch naturally in the fibers of the wood, and are bent down bythe act of pressing the shell 011, as shown in Fig. 4, and are thusdriven into the wood of the hub, securely locking this pointshell inplace, so that it cannot come off without entirelydestroying the hub.These teeth are shown somewhat narrow. They may be made much broader, orthe rim 1) may extend all the way round, with sections out out of it toform teeth of what remains.

The inner edge of the shell at C may be beveled, if desired, so that itwill cause the teeth on the point-shell to bend down into the wood. Inpractice, however, that is not generally necessary, as the shape of theteeth is such that they will catch on the wood, and then the pressureforces them to clinch, as shown in Fig. 4. I provide on either of theshells (in the drawings 011 the point-shell) a bead K, so located as tocome just at the point where the two shells join, and the shells are soconstructed that this bead comes at the same point that beads are almostuniversally turned on wooden hubs. It thus serves the purpose of hidingthe joint and completing the resemblance of an ordinary 8o wooden hub.In the drawings I-have shown the point-shell constructed with apoint-band B, integral with it. Of course this pointband may be madeseparate, as is done in an ordinary wooden hub, if preferred.

The construction I have shown in the drawings is the one that I havefound preferable. It may, however, be made with the pointshell extendingover the mortises and held in place by the spokes and the butt-shelllocked by means of teeth, as I have shown the pointshell locked; or theshell may be made in three piecesa center portion embracing themortises, with the butt and point shells locked by means of the teeth;or where it is desired 5 not to use the teeth the inner shell may beprovided with holes in the rim 1) and nails or screws used to fasten itto the wood, as shown at 00, Fig. 1, and these nails or screwscoveredand held in place by the outer shell, where it embraces the inner one,as at O, my object 6 being to produce a hub with the shell locked to thewood, instead of having the parts of the shell locked to one another.The bead K may be made with an internal shoulder, as shown at Fig. 5, soas to extend over the edge of the shell C, and thus cover and moreeffectually hide the joint.

I am aware that hubs have been entirely incased in metal shells, and donot broadly claim such a construction; but,

Having fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is-

1. A vehicle-wheel hub consisting of a wooden hub incased in a metallicshell made in two or more parts, locked to the wooden hub, one shellbeing provided with an exter- XVILLIAMIE B. IIAW ES.

Witnesses:

JAs. E. JENNINGS, GEORGE IIEIIDMAN.

